Tuesday October 14, 2008
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The team investigates the case of a man who can generate electrical phenomena and is at the center of a series of strange deaths involving electronic devices.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)The team search for a man who generates extremely powerful electrical fields when a string of mishaps including an elevator plunging 26 stories occur. Olivia thinks she is having hallucinations as she keeps seeing John Scott. hide show
This was a very uneven episode compared with the first four. One of the things I notice that they do with this show is a common technique when you are going for a certain ambiance and it is shooting in lower light. It causes the viewers to really strain to see what is occurring. This in combination with the person alone in an area that gives the viewer a feeling of impending doom. Both techniques were used in this episode multiple times. Olivia spends a little too much time by herself it seems. I don't know if she is hallucinating John or based on what we saw in an earlier episode actually seeing him. It's impossible to say at this point. I like Walters hypothesis about it though. She is seeing things related to what John knew because of their moment at the end of the first episode when their minds connected.
The main storyline was sort of weird as the character was not aware of his capability or problem. He kept causing problems for people when he got into difficult situations. It was all very odd how and when his capability kicked in and the different ways it seemed to manifest itself. For example he electrocuted the people in the elevator. Where with his boss he just caused his arm to get trapped in the machine. With his mother her pacemaker failed. All similar electrical malfunctions or abnormalities but why the different reactions based on the different scenarios.
On the positive side they caught the man who was working the project and saved the man and everyone else who was possibly affected. On the whole this episode was OK at best. I like the show but they need to avoid too many episodes like this. If the first few episodes in relation had not been as good as they had this episode might have been a 7 or so. Based on the fact I am interested in the characters and find the whole setup fascinating I give it an 8. Thanks for reading...
On the whole, a solid effort and further evidence that Fringe is only just getting started. hide show
Fringe gave us its fifth instalment this week after a short absence and it was something of a beaut. The episode's core concept - that a human being could potentially wittingly or unwittingly control electricity - was explored fantastically, offering up a number of hugely memorable water cooler moments: the guy's arm in the mechanical device, the car alarms and lights going off, and particularly the entire pre-credits sequence in the elevator which was superbly shot for maximum effect. The decision to cut from the chaos to a still shot of the ground, from which we view the ultimate collision, was inspired, magnifying the horror of the incident to an even greater degree than we perhaps would've experienced had we simply been treated to an aerial shot or even remained in the elevator. The subsequent exploration of this theme was also very well handled: kudos to the writers for allowing the viewer to care about the outcome of the investigation by beautifully characterising the role of Joseph, and leading the narrative oft-times from his perspective. Granted, we had our usual absurd blast of barely-even-psuedo-science from Walter (electromagnetic signatures to cassette tapes to homing pigeons is um... yeah), but I'm starting to forgive the show for it to be honest, especially following the superb 'The Observer' which effectively began to shift the show's self-imposed rules (did you all spot him getting out of the elevator before Joseph got in? Did you?) Plus, Olivia's characterisation was delicately handled, paying dividends as a result: I actually began to care about her previous relationship with John, and the entire 'part of his consciousness is in yours' angle certainly holds promise for future wackiness. On the whole, a solid effort and further evidence that Fringe is only just getting started.
"Visiting hours. Everyone put on their best straitjacket" - PETER hide show
The team discovers a man with the uncontrolled ability to affect electrical energy, made the way he is by a scientist performing illegal experiments on humans. With the help of carrier pigeons modified to track the man's electromagnetic signature, the team manages to track him down and arrest the scientist. Meanwhile, Olivia begins seeing visions of John, which she learns are caused by memories transferred to her during their experience in the first episode. Through these memories, she discovers one of John's secret hideouts, where a large number of investigation files relating to the Pattern are found. This episode gave a lot of the characters screen time which means CHRACTER DEVELOPMENT yay but still the episode was slow and nothing much happened. I enjoyed it but after the last couple of episodes this is a bit of a let down. I gvie it a 8.5 out of 10 there was some funny moments in this one.
Olivia is seeing her supposedly dead fiance and a guy with kinetic powers is causing a rift hide show
A guy with destructive kinetic powers causes mayhem in this episode, his powers kicked into life and a lift dropped 26 stories to its doom when he got agitated. Walter gets to work on it as usual and discovers that a guy has electro-magnetic energy. Olivia has been having sleepless nights recently after seeing John popping up, he does it again. The pair actually speak saying that she's on the right track regarding the current Investigation.
As for the Electro guy who had been experimented on and now had mad electricity coursing through his body, he had accidentally killed his boss at work and his mum at home. He was also captured by the evil doctor, but thankfully Walter had an idea - to use pigeons to track him. And of course they found him. Just in the nick of time.
It's growing on me, little by little. hide show
I thought the pattern case of the powersurge man was actuallly quite interesting. His ability to simply electrify all that he encounters was actually one of the more believable "patterns". Obviously these patterns are man made, not created by some higher power which I think is going to be interesting to follow. The "appearance" of John to Olivia was perfectly explained by Walter. But it's an interesting concept knowing the patterns that Olivia is investigating as well as the possibilities of what's to come. I like watching Peter and Walter evolve. It is a wonderful dynamic that you can see change and grow. But you also see the believability of what they are doing grow and change.
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